Chapter 529: Civilization Threat Level
Inside the Dreadnought, the senior commanders of the twin planets are holding a post-war meeting.
"In this battle, our side lost a total of 124 warships, including 3 large destroyers, 4,230 mecha troops, more than 50,000 drones, and some fortifications, which took about 5 days to repair......"
Listening to the series of losses, everyone's faces were solemn.
"The result?" Someone asked.
"Destroy more than 5,600 new mechs ...... the enemy"
Everyone's faces became more solemn.
Without using warships, just using mecha troops to carry out a surprise attack, they caused such losses, or under their own home field advantage, this kind of battle loss ratio is undoubtedly quite amazing.
The most important reason is that the other party used a large number of powerful new mecha that Gemini had never seen before.
"Damn, the opponent's previous attacks, whether it was a battleship or a mecha, showed a combat effectiveness that was obviously inferior to ours, could it be that he deliberately hid his strength?"
"Perhaps...... This is just a small elite army of the opponent, and it can't be used as a reference for the real strength of the other party? ”
"I don't think it's very likely, who will consume the precious elite legion in the most dangerous wormhole attack stage? It's more likely to hide your strength! ”
“……”
The officers present expressed their opinions one after another.
At this time, a Sea Clan officer sitting in the first seat, dressed in a blood-red coat, asked in a deep voice. "Are the results of the analysis of the new weapons of the Woolf civilization out?"
As soon as he spoke, all the officers present immediately fell silent.
This Sea Clan officer's face is stiff, he can't tell his actual age, his deep nasolabial folds and hooked nose are slightly yin, and his figure is a little thin compared to ordinary Sea Clan, but his eyes are extremely sharp.
Girard, one of only five generals in the Twin Stars, is also the supreme commander of Woolf's civilization front!
According to the military system of the twin stars, an officer at the level of a corps commander like Ishar is roughly equivalent to a major general, and he is a full two ranks behind Girard.
Each of the four star sectors has a general-level commander in charge, and Girard is the area where the Woolf civilization wormhole is located, the supreme military commander of the Gayrent star sector!
"Your Excellency General Girard!" An officer immediately stood up and reported. "The reverse engineering of the wreckage of the enemy mecha has been preliminarily completed, and the data extracted from the wreckage is analyzed, and the enemy names this mecha 'Bronze'!"
"'Bronze'? Let's talk about its specific performance. Girard said.
"Yes! According to the available information, in addition to the defensive performance, this kind of mecha has almost 80% of the performance of our Sea Storm-level mecha in other aspects.
From the perspective of science and technology, the opponent's mecha is suspected of applying force field propulsion technology, and the enemy undoubtedly surpasses us in terms of the change and application of the force field.
But this is not the fundamental reason for the strong combat effectiveness of the opponent's mecha corps, the most fundamental reason is ...... The pilots of the other side have generally reached the level of our ace pilots! ”
The atmosphere of the scene was slightly condensed.
In this raid battle, the other party dispatched at least nearly 10,000 "bronze" mechas, nearly 10,000 mechas with performance similar to the sea storm level?
What's even more terrifying is that tens of thousands of ace pilots were dispatched in one raid? Too extravagant, right?
Even if Gemini had so many ace pilots, it was impossible for them to waste it in such a brutal war of attrition.
If it weren't for the lack of heavy fire support, the other party would probably be able to tear a hole in the defense line of the twin stars by relying on these elite mecha corps!
"With a sample, can you reverse the opponent's mecha technology?" Girard asked.
War is the best catalyst for scientific and technological progress, and even more so wars between civilizations!
On the battlefield of civilization, every good commander needs to learn not only how to weaken the enemy with war, but also how to strengthen his own side with war.
Judging from the war between the Earth civilization and the Gemini civilization, relatively speaking, the side with weaker scientific and technological strength will be able to get greater benefits.
Of course, the premise of getting the benefits is that you can buy enough time to thoroughly digest the technology in a weak war......
"The other party has done certain technical protection measures, but we have obtained a lot of samples this time, and I believe that in 2~3 years, it will be able to digest and absorb, but large-scale promotion and application will take at least 4~5 years!"
Girard frowned, it was clear that this technology digestion time was not enough for the Twins to get rid of the other party's technological advantage in a short period of time.
He looked down for a moment, then turned his gaze to a young Sea Clan officer beside him. "Beckman, I'd like to hear what your staff has to say."
Although it was also inquiring, Girard's tone was noticeably softer, and it was clear that he valued the young officer quite a lot.
Beckman was a rather handsome Sea Clan officer, but he sat a little lazily, and a golden electronic pen was turning flexibly in various postures in his hand, which was a little dazzling to see.
Hearing Girard's inquiry, Beckman withdrew his hand, held the pen, and then raised his head, with a hint of sparkle in his slightly lazy eyes.
"Hmm...... In my opinion, we have a ...... about the Woolf civilization It's time to do a fresh assessment! ”
Then, on the huge projection display in front of the officers, the weapons of war that the Woolf civilization had used so far began to emerge.
Among them, there are squid-shaped spaceships, various mecha holding different weapons, and war machines of various shapes, and there are dozens of types.
Beckman pointed to these projections, "According to the previous battles between our two sides, the scientific and technological strength of the Woolf civilization's war weapons is obviously inferior to that of the Gemini, so the previous battle loss ratio of our side was generally maintained at about 5 to 1!"
If we put aside the factors of our geographical advantage, the battle loss ratio can also be maintained at about 2:1.
In addition, various information gathered through the battlefield shows that ...... Woolf's civilization does not seem to be monolithic!
Generally speaking, in order to reduce manufacturing costs and improve the efficiency of logistics and maintenance, it is best to unify the specifications of standard weapons used in the army, so that the same type of weapons will only be purchased with a maximum of 1 or 2 different models.
This is true even for coalitions like our Gemini.
However, the combat weapons of the Woolf civilization are varied, and there are more than 3 known races participating in the war, so there is a 90% probability that they do not have a unified military system, which leads to logistical chaos.
Because of this, our previous basic judgment on the Woolf civilization was "similar in strength" and "insufficient dominance", and the threat level to us was only A-level! ”
Dominance! This is one of the important criteria for judging the comprehensive strength of a civilization within the Gemini civilization.
The comprehensive combat effectiveness of a group is not only related to hard power such as science and technology, population, etc., but also has a great relationship with soft power such as political system and military structure.
The strength of dominance depends on the power system adopted by civilization, and the more concentrated power is, the stronger the combat ability shown in the war of civilizations!
Therefore, relatively speaking, the imperial civilization is the most dominant, and a system like the Gemini United Council is also slightly inferior.
For example, in the loose "United Nations constitution" between more than 200 countries on the earth, once it encounters a foreign enemy, even if the overall strength is slightly inferior, if it really fights, I am afraid that even the "north" will not be found......
Another example is the unique "blue-green camp physique" of a certain region on the earth, which has exerted a magical effect of 1+1<0, and the unparalleled "combat effectiveness" is really enjoyable and breathtaking......
Of course, now that the countries of the earth have been "hired" by Nie Yun in disguise, foreign warfare has almost become a ghost captain's word, and the dominance is definitely at the "imperial" level.
It is precisely because of the inferior level of technology, the coalition army with more than 3 races, and the chaotic military logistics management, which is an important reason why Gemini previously gave Woolf a low score and listed it as a "target to be explored".
But obviously, the powerful raid launched by the Woolf civilization this time is a wake-up call for the Gemini!
"Judging by this battle...... We are clearly misguided.
The other side does not lack advanced weapon technology and a unified military command structure, and the unknown wormhole expansion technology is an amazing strategic force!
Other than that...... This time the other side still didn't leave any prisoners, right? Beckman asked suddenly.
"Yes! The mecha that lost its combat effectiveness automatically turned off the life-sustaining system, and there was no one alive! Someone replied.
"Hmmm! A mandatory suicidal assault that couldn't be more obvious! From this point alone, it is not a combat tactic that a civilization with low dominance can execute! Beckman was sure.
"You said so much, didn't you just want to say that the other party deliberately showed weakness to the enemy before, and now I'm afraid even a blind person can see it!" Someone said disdainfully.
Beckman shook the electronic pen in his hand disapprovingly.
"No, although we were misled, it was not the other side that deliberately showed weakness, and such a strategic deception did not mean much to us.
I mean, the other side already has a two-tier military ruling system, the lower layer is chaotic and inefficient, similar to the peripheral forces of civilization, and the upper layer is not only stronger, but also has absolute dominance over the lower level!
Now it's almost as to tell...... It is very likely that the other side has a pyramidal ruling structure! Beckman said.
"What? A two-tier military system? ”
"On top of the seemingly chaotic ruling layer, there is another ruling layer?"
"Hmm...... In this way, the huge difference in strength between the other party and the other party will be explained! ”
"So, what we faced before was just the other party's peripheral miscellaneous soldiers? This time it's their regular army? ”
“……”
Beckman and the others digested this information before continuing to speak slowly.
"As far as I can judge, these current warring races ...... Most likely the slave civilization of the other side! He speculated further along these lines.
"From this way of domination, we can roughly imagine the aggressiveness of Woolf's civilization.
If the other side wants to start a war of aggression, it must be a brutal war of attrition at any cost, until the blood of the slave civilization is drained and threatens its own ruling class.
And if the ruling class wants to control these lower slave civilizations, it must have more than one or even two levels of domination-level force.
Therefore, I think that the threat level of Woolf's civilization should be raised from A- to A+ level, and it should be included in the extremely threatening civilization! ”
The crowd was silent.
The A+ level civilization threat level has only appeared twice in the history of Gemini civilization, and each time it has brought great trauma to the civilization.
And the A+ level is one level higher, which is the completely irresistible S-class, referred to as "Cataclysmic Level"!
Whether Beckman's speculation is correct or not, many people realize that the Gemini seem to be in big trouble......